When faced with a cybersecurity crisis, companies call on Tony to help navigate critical legal, risk and reputational landmines. Tony has helped clients respond to hundreds of cyberattacks and data breaches. He has directed forensic investigations, cross-border notifications, and defended enforcement actions and civil litigation, in connection with incidents involving the personal information of employees and customers, including PCI/payment card data, as well as proprietary data and corporate trade secrets, and on behalf of private and public companies as well as governmental entities. Tony has also defended over fifty clients in regulatory investigations conducted by the Federal Trade Commission and State Attorneys General into cybersecurity, data privacy, and consumer issues around e-commerce and innovative data use-cases. In his counseling capacity, Tony works on proactive cyber resiliency, board governance, and regulatory compliance programs across a host of security, privacy, and data "life cycle" issues.

For his work on behalf of clients, the National Law Journal named Tony to its 2014 list of D.C. Rising Stars, a 40-under-40 group of "game changing" private, government and public interest attorneys. Based on surveys of general counsel and senior in-house lawyers, Tony was awarded the Client Choice Award by the International Law Office (ILO)/Lexology in 2015, and was named an Acritas Star Lawyer in 2016 and 2017. He is recognized in multiple legal guides and directories, including Chambers-U.S.A., The Legal 500,Benchmark Litigation, Super Lawyers D.C. Rising Stars, and The Cybersecurity Docket, which twice named Tony to its "Incident Response 30" list of the top professionals to call when facing a major cyberattack. In 2016, Law360 named Orrick's Cyber,
Privacy & Data Innovation practice "Practice Group of the Year" in the data protection category.

Mark Mermelstein, a trial lawyer
with more than 20 first-chair trials, specializes in white collar criminal
defense and complex litigation. He is
also Global Co-chair of the firm’s Cyber,
Privacy & Data Innovation practice.

Mark also focuses on asset recovery for corporate crime
victims such as those victimized by cybercrime, such as theft of trade secrets,
hacking, counterfeiting and other business crimes. In this regard, Mark routinely
leads data breach and cybersecurity incident response efforts, as well as
proactively advises on data breach mitigation strategies.

Mark has written many articles and has spoken
extensively on many aspects of his practice. A frequent commentator on matters
related to white collar crime, he has been recommended by Legal 500 in both
White Collar Criminal Defense, and Cybersecurity.

Data is igniting a global, technological revolution. Increased collection, use, storage, and transfer of data has shifted the paradigm of innovation – and created a global security problem. Fortune 500 companies with large quantities of data, cities with vulnerable infrastructure, and every institution in between must manage that risk, without encumbering progress or technological advancement. To do so, they turn to Aravind Swaminathan, Global Co-chair of Orrick’s internationally recognized Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation team.

As a strategic cybersecurity advisor, Aravind collaborates with his clients to proactively plan for a crisis and develop strategies to protect their business and brand. He guides everyone from large public company financial institutions to start-up technology companies to critical infrastructure providers through incidents, and develops business- and brand-centric tactics to mitigate and manage risk. He has directed more than 150 cybersecurity and data breach investigations, including those with national security implications. With extensive trial and litigation experience, he also defends his clients when cyber, privacy, and payments issues lead to regulatory investigations by the SEC, DOJ, FTC, and state Attorneys General and other litigation, including class action litigation and shareholder derivative suits.

Aravind’s background as an Assistant United States Attorney and Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section gives him first-hand understanding of federal agencies that allows him to swiftly navigate the system, partner with investigators and find creative solutions for his clients. As a federal cybercrime prosecutor, Aravind investigated and prosecuted a broad array of cybercrime cases, including hacking, phishing, trade secrets theft, click fraud, cyber threats, and identity theft. Aravind also led the cybercrime outreach program, where he worked with members of the Department of Justice, state and federal regulators, law enforcement and other organizations on cybersecurity and related privacy issues.

Aravind is a sought-after speaker by Boards of Directors and industry professionals on cybersecurity issues, including threat landscapes, incident response plans, compliance, and brand/reputational risk management.

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